Financial Controller
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Finance
Employment type: Full-time
Industry: Internet
Function: Finance

Company profile:
Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.

Job description:
Just in case this is the first time you’ve visited our website, Vend is an award-winning, web-based point-of-sale software platform for retail. We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful, easy to use software, all as part of our mission to make life easier for our retailers. Vend is a fast-growing tech start-up, since launching in 2010 we’ve now got 10,000+ customers all over the world, with more than 170 employees shared between our Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Toronto, Berlin, London &amp; San Francisco offices.The Vend Finance team is all about helping Vend scale effectively and awesomely. They are a world-class team serving the business globally from Auckland. If every process is amazing and every interaction with anyone outside of the team is valuable, then this talented and passionate team is killing it.We are looking for Financial Controller to lead the finance team to deliver world class financial planning, reporting and processes that fuel growth and enable the business to scale quickly and sustainably.   It is critical that you have worked in a global business environment and have strong financial management and leadership experience.  Equally as important is someone who works well in a team, has no ego and is totally happy to pitch in and do what is needed to get shit done on time.Reporting into the CFO, the kinds of things you will be doing in this role include:leading, managing, coaching and developing our awesome team of accountants, assistant accounts and administratorsdeveloping, implementing and managing business-centric and efficient financial systems and processesoverseeing the preparation of annual statutory accounts and other reports to ensure the board, exec team, staff and investors are well informed and continue to make data-driven decisions.overseeing the treasury and capital management functions, including billing, accounts receivable and payable, payroll, cashflow and FX.assisting with the capital raising process if and when required.managing our employee share scheme.other finance, accounting and broader business projects that come up.

Requirements:
Demonstrated financial leadership and management success in a global environment at a senior level.Outstanding leadership, management and coaching skills with experience leading, managing and developing a high performing and engaged teamCommitted to continuous improvement and demonstrated success implementing best practice and driving efficiencies.Experience working in or with the tech industryExcellent communication skills - both verbal and written, in particular the ability to translate finance and accounting jargon to language and graphs that non-finance people “get”.Strong relationship management skills and the ability to get the most out of both internal and external stakeholders.Big picture view, whilst not losing sight of the critical details.Committed to building a world class finance functionCan work well with lots of people and is adept at juggling priorities.Likes change, lots of change.A real team player that shares knowledge and will fit in with the Vend culture and values.

Benefits:
What can you expect from us?The opportunity to be a part of a super high growth, NZ born global company utterly committed to changing the face of retail. We have an open culture where we openly share our results and your input is truly valued. We'll have a great environment for you to work in and grow.We are committed to your professional development and offer a $5k finance conference allowance for you to keep up to date with all things finance and share your learnings with the team.We work hard but we also have a lot of fun at work!Work-life balance or "blend" as we like to call it.  We know you have a life outside of work and at Vend you can have a life inside work too.Utilise all your talents.  Not just the ones written in your job description.We welcome all of you at work.  We don’t want you to leave your personality at the door.